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Ben Jonson’s Theatrical Republics

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Julie Sanders

    1. Keele University, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 1-8

  3. Republics — Fake and Genuine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Roman Frames of Mind

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 11-33

    3. ‘Saying Something About Venice’

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 34-46

  4. Theatrical Republics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47
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    2. The Alternative Commonwealth of Women

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 49-67

    3. Republicanism and Theatre

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 68-88

    4. The Republic in the Fair

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 89-104

  5. Theatrical Commonwealths and Communities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105
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    2. The Commonwealth of Hell: The Devil is an Ass

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 107-122

    3. The Commonwealth of Paper: Print, News and The Staple of News

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 123-143

    4. Alternative Societies: The New Inn and the Late Plays

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 144-163

    5. Local Government and Personal Rule in A Tale of a Tub

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 164-179

    6. Conclusion: ‘The End of (T)his Commonwealth Does Not Forget the Beginning’

      • Julie Sanders
      Pages 180-187

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 188-262
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This timely book challenges conventional critical wisdom about the work of Ben Jonson. Looking in particular at his Jacobean and Caroline plays, it explores his engagement with concepts of republicanism. Julie Sanders investigates notions of community in Jonson's stage worlds - his 'theatrical republics' - and reveals a Jonson to contrast with the traditional image of the writer as conservative, absolutist, misogynist, and essentially 'anti-theatrical'. The Jonson presented here is a positive celebrant of the social and political possibilities of theatre.

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  • Keele University, UK

    Julie Sanders

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Julie Sanders is Lecturer in English at Keele University.

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